I grew up in Goshen, Indiana, a college town of about 20,000 people with many Amish and conservative Mennonites in the surrounding communities. Seeing horse-drawn buggies parked at the local Wal-marts (yes, there was one on each side of town) was not uncommon. I learned to love the simple quilt designs and homemade Dutch food, […]
STC Intercom – themes and advice wanted
I’m quite flattered and humbled (and more than a little bit intimidated) to serve as leader on the STC Intercom advisory panel for this coming editorial year. We’re five people from different backgrounds and perspectives, tasked with preparing 10 themes for issues by August 2008. We’ve got academia, consulting, work-aday, future thinkers, and the only […]
STC2008 – International Collaboration in Technical Communication
Here are my notes from the International Collaboration panel at the Society for Technical Communication conference. Moderator Alan Houser – He’s had one day of calls with people in four different countries. Asked questions of the four panelists: Rahul Prabhakar – Samsung currently, PC/Mac US edition, has a global mailing list, knows Korean language Bogo […]